Improvement in wash-boards



F. KUENY.

Wash-Board.

No,f2 o4,1\56. Patented May 28,1878.l

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.A

FLORIAN KUENY, OIVPEORIA, ILLINOIS.

-IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOARDS.

Specicati'on forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,156, dated May 28, 1878; application filed March 6, 1878. t

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORIAN KUENY, of the city of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in `Wash-Boards for Washing Clothes; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of' this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section; Fig. 2, a superncial view.

This invention is an improvement in that class of wash-boards which have brushes or a surface of brush or ber, and in which the same are made adjustable or removable 5 and my improvement consists in simplifying the construction, with regard to the removal and readjustment of the brushes, by means of shouldered end pieces.

In the drawings, A represents the sides of the board; B', bottom of soap-box; B, main bottom or back; C, upper end board; e, lower end board, (all of these parts being of the ordinary form.) D D D are three brushes, placed side by side, having fibers of Manila hemp set closely on their respective surfaces, and confined at each end in the recesses f f, at either end of the board, respectively cut in the upper end piece E and the lower end piece e, so as to make the brushes removable by turning the piece E on its pivots to release the ends of the brushes, for the purpose of removing either of them to renew them, or of moving the worn one to a side position. E is the swinging upper end piece just described, pivoted in the side-boards A A, and having a button, d, or detent, engaging in the bottom B' of the soap-box.

What I claim as my invention is -1. In a wash-board having a scrubbing-surface composed of a brush or brushes, the combination, with the upper ends of brushes D, of the pendent end piece E, hung on end pivots b and button d, said brushes also in combination with end piece c, provided with shoulf ders f, all arranged asdescribed.

2. In a wash-board having a brush-surface, the combination, with said brush-surface, of the fixed end piece c, the nat. backboard B B', and hanging end piece E, having button d, and boards A A, arranged as described.

3. In a brush-surfaced wash-board, the swinging end piece E, having a shoulder and recess on the upper part of the edge next to the confined brushes D, in combination with button d, board B', and sides A A, as described. 4

4. The arrangement of the brushes D D D, back B, end-pieces e E, shoulder or recess f, button d, pivots b, sides A A, and boards B C, as described.

In testimony that I claim theforegoin g wash ing-board I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of March, A. D. 1878.

- FLORIAN KUENY. Witnesses:

CLARENCE THURLOW, H. W. WELLS. 

